new media and preventive health

New media and preventive health

School of Public Health | Sydney Medical SchoolDr Becky Freeman | Lecturer

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Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

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Limitations of the data and research

› Design: largely case studies

› Changing platform landscape

› Relevance of principles

› Links to principles of effective messaging

Planning: Consider the role of social marketing channels as part of your broader campaign preparation

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Use of social media tools: Use simple and familiar tools to encourage participation and collect data

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Community: Build online communities by tapping into existing networks

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Content: Develop engaging content with a clear call to action

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Personal benefits: Enhance appeal to participate in the campaign

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Promotion: Actively drive traffic through continuous promotion

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Cost: Social media can be low cost but time and human resource intensive

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Challenges and risks: Be timely and responsive and know your audience

American Journal of Public Health 2014

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› We assessed the amount, reach, and nature of energy-dense, nutrient-poor (EDNP) food and beverage marketing on Facebook.

› We conducted a content analysis of the marketing techniques used by the 27 most popular food and beverage brand Facebook pages in Australia.

› We coded content across 19 marketing categories; data were collected from the day each page launched (Average of 3.65 y of activity per page).

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All pages were for EDNP food and bevarges

› 27 pages

› 7 fast food restaurants

› 5 chocolate

› 4 sugar-sweetened sodas

› 3 energy drinks

› 2 confectionery brands

› 2 ice cream brands

› 2 condiments or spreads

› 1 sweet biscuit

› 1 salty snack

› There was a nearly even mix of international (13 pages) and Australian-based brand pages (14 pages)

› 4 brands (Subway, Coca-Cola, Slurpee, Maltesers) represented by both an international and an Australian version of the page

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› Most commonly liked by those aged 18–24 years, with 16 of the pages most frequently liked by this age group.

› Five pages (Maltesers Australia, Cold Rock Ice Creamery, Slurpee Australia, Subway Australia, Coca-Cola Australia) were most popular among those aged 13–17 years.

› Those aged 13–24 years were the most common age group to like 4 pages: Domino’s Pizza Australia, Pringles, McDonald’s Australia, and Cadbury Eyebrows.

› The remaining 2 pages, Vegemite (a savory, salty spread popular in Australia) and Cadbury Dairy Milk Australia, were most popular with a slightly older audience, those aged 25–34 years

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Feelings, not facts

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Giving back to members

Be useful

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Discussion

› Consumers not only willingly engage with brands, they also create free word-of-mouth content that marketers have minimal control over

› Users require very little incentive to openly interact with EDNP food brands

› Increasing the visibility of users on social media among their peers—or fellow consumers—is a distinctive social media marketing tactic

› Very high popularity of the sugar-sweetened soda and energy drink pages

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Public Health Practice Implications

› Much of the current work to limit exposure to EDNP advertising is focused on restricting advertisements during children’s television programs and viewing hours

› Young adults appear to be a highly desirable target population for EDNP food marketing, and limited research, resources, and policy action have been directed at this age group

› If people are engaging with Facebook content because it makes them feel good, it may mean that certain modes of health promotion messages that are highly effective in other forms of media will not work on social media

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